A member of a local swimming club holds a Russian national flag as he dives in at the start of a 24-hour swimming marathon near the western Siberian city of Barnaul March 29, 2014. Thirty members of the club will swim in turn during the event, held to mark Crimea becoming part of Russia, local media reported. (Photo by Andrei Kasprishin/Reuters)

Getting it done. Felicity, an athlete at an amateur weightlifting competition in a small local gym. (Photo by Clinton Bradbury/Women in Sport Photo Action Awards 2021)

A local boy plays football on Iracema Beach on June 11, 2014 in Fortaleza, Brazil. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

A man surfs during a local competition in the Mediterranean Sea, near Ashdod, Israel November 17, 2016. (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters)

Participants pose during a local bodybuilding and fitness championship in Karachi, Pakistan March 13, 2016. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)

Locals re-enact the 1573 medieval battle of “Seljacka Buna” in Donja Stubica February 7, 2015. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)

Commuters hang off a local passenger train in the morning in Colombo, Sri Lanka September 8, 2016. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

Locals light firecrackers on the occasion of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Chennai, India on November 12, 2023. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/EPA/EFE)